QSR1866/1/5/19

Depositions of Joseph Gutteridge, packer of Luton and his wife Sarah. William Mead, pawnbroker of Luton. Frederick Smith, police constable of Luton. George Denton, labourer of Luton. In the case of Hannah Maddocks accused of stealing 2 shirts, 2 chemises, a flannel petticoat and other articles, together the value of £1.

18 December 1865

From: 1865 To: 1866

Joseph Gutteridge: a packer residing at 28 Church Street, Luton. He got up about 6.30am on 14 December and saw a scarf shawl hung up as a window blind in front of the room downstairs. He unlocked the door and went to work leaving the door of the latch. He came back a little after 8am to breakfast and found the shawl had gone as well as some other things. He informed the police. Sarah Gutteridge: wife of Joseph. She had gone to bed on the night of 13 December about 10.30pm and left a scarf shawl hung up as a blind and 2 shirts, 2 chemises, a flannel petticoat, 2 towels, 2 pillow cases, a table cloth, a pair of drawers, 3 pinafores, a napkin and 2 pocket handkerchiefs on a chair in the room. She locked the door before she went to bed. Her husband went to work about 6.30am and she came down about 7.30am and found all the things were gone. They were worth £1. The shirt produced was one of those missed and she knew it by the tar marks on it. The chemise was also her husband’s property and she had made it herself. William Mead: he was a pawnbroker at 131 Park Street, Luton. He produced a shirt and a chemise which he had from the prisoner who pledged them at his shop on 14 December. The prisoner pledged them in the name of Ann Randall. He produced the duplicate of the ticket and the prisoner had 1s 6d on them. PC Frederick Smith: he apprehended the prisoner at her house in Church Street and charged her with stealing the property of Joseph Gutteridge. She asked him if he could swear she stole them and she had not been to Mr Mead’s since the Luton Statute. Statement of the accused: she was not up until 9.30am on the Thursday morning. She had not been out of the yard all day long and had not been down Church Street since Tuesday. Witness of behalf of the accused: George Denton – he was a labourer in Church Street. He called the prisoner at 7.45am on Thursday 14 December and she was in his house at 7.55am. She did not leave the house until 10.30am. She had been upstairs when he called her. He lived next door but one to her.

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Maddocks, Hannah,
Gutteridge, Joseph,
Gutteridge, Sarah,
Mead, William,
Smith, Frederick,
Denton, George

LUTON, stealing, clothing, pawnbroker, packer, Luton Church Street